Dragon Rider (drag)@lemmy.nz to Fuck Cars@lemmy.worldEnglish · 14 hours agoExplaining green transportation policy to normieslemmy.nzimagemessage-square64fedilinkarrow-up1449arrow-down113
arrow-up1436arrow-down1imageExplaining green transportation policy to normieslemmy.nzDragon Rider (drag)@lemmy.nz to Fuck Cars@lemmy.worldEnglish · 14 hours agomessage-square64fedilink
minus-squaregrue@lemmy.worldMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·10 hours agoYou say that as if we didn’t already do it once before, when we demolished perfectly-good walkable downtowns to pave over them for car parking.
minus-squareSemi-Hemi-Lemmygod@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down5·9 hours agoYeah but then it was actually politically viable.
minus-squareDragon Rider (drag)@lemmy.nzOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 hour agoYou’re a voter. You get to help decide what’s politically viable. Giving up makes no sense.
minus-squareSemi-Hemi-Lemmygod@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·13 minutes agoI’ve been voting for 25 years and not once have I felt any damn influence
minus-squareDragon Rider (drag)@lemmy.nzOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·11 minutes agoIt’s not just your votes, it’s also your actions and your words. For example, when you say green transport policy will never happen, you’re making it less likely, and undoing your votes.
You say that as if we didn’t already do it once before, when we demolished perfectly-good walkable downtowns to pave over them for car parking.
Yeah but then it was actually politically viable.
You’re a voter. You get to help decide what’s politically viable. Giving up makes no sense.
I’ve been voting for 25 years and not once have I felt any damn influence
It’s not just your votes, it’s also your actions and your words. For example, when you say green transport policy will never happen, you’re making it less likely, and undoing your votes.